25.03.13
Civil service strike
Source: Garin Linnington
The civil service pay structure is bust, even non-compliant with equal pay and age discrimination legislation under the Equality Act 2010. In my industry, forestry, the FC pay is well below the private sector for experienced managers, up to 20%. But if you get promoted you go to the top of the pay scale with no management experience, meanwhile someone recruited from the private sector is paid less and can't move up the pay scale.
The FC finds it difficult to recruit experienced and qualified managers now, purely because the pay is too low. When I left my FC job in Scotland, they couldn't get anyone from the private sector to take the job, so how can the ConDems say the conditions are the best? Recruitment and retention will suffer, but it already is.
Re: Budget day strike for civil servants over pay progression